Building



Oct. 1,3, 1931'.` v K, K, ELUS 1,827,310

BUILDING "Filed May 1e, 1928 l v.10 Another ob i fr.; than the full height of a story so that the` vertical sup-erposedrelationship'.

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.KENNETH K. ELLIS, onsfrg'nopis, iirissounr 'Y Y BUILDING VVj {j} K Appncation med May 16, 12928r semi-No; 278,182',

l lThis invention relates Kto improvements in wall: section columns t8 ksupport theendso-r'jV j K buildings, and particularly to buildings 'de-v tlieqflo'o'rsv 1 'a'ndtheends'ofthe floors l4 and signed'and adapted for use as garages, andV` the edges ofthe. rampsfrunning from the an object ofthe invention is to provide an imflo.ors1z..tor the `loors'4 vandfromthev fioors 4 5 vproved-construction whereinV thel floors are' to the floors 1. Thus, the wall'seotioncolumns- 50, K spacedv apart. vertically the minimum dis-K. `3"areabout aswide as'K-,thelength."ofpthat:'por-i tancepermissible and are connected by ramps tion of astand'ard automobile from V,the front K in such a Ainann'eras VtoK afford maximum r`Iiearwardly touthe "windshield, Sinceythe^- 'i storagespace.A- i f f floorsl'extend underthe-iioors 4,'andivicel K feet of the inventionis to pro-y versayfor' about the'jfnlllwidth ofthe wall .55- 'vide an improvedconstructionfor use in ga. seotionfcolumns 3,' it is apparentthat the KK K rages vand the like comprising two series of ro'nt port-ions,oiizautoifnobiles vparked Vor ,floors havingtheir adjacent ends atthe ramps storedonj the respective floors-.will bein a. K* arranged in overlapping relationship less relationship in:whichtheirfrontends'arein l 60 ramps may be constructed ofjrelatively short Each-alternate pair of. floors l-'and 4 be-A Y' v length and low degree 'of grade orinclination. tweeneach alterna-te pair of ywall section cole f By thisconstruction and arrangement the ad' uninslis'connectedbyfan'K inclined ramp 6 l K vantageous result is obtained that the fronts mchnlng upwardly;-iro'ml between the i001: J

V120 of automobiles on one floor project under the K' um-IisjiffQto' union` with lthe respectivev-- ioors o5' adjacent edges of theneXt higher ioors, re- ,K4 between the columns 5cross'ing` the/wall sec-` K, spectively, whereon the fronts 'of other autotioncolumnszintermediate ofthe length'rof Y t mobiles extend; while the Itopsof the auto- 'saifclnlrarnps This construction. is obtai'n'edyf j 1 mobiles on therespective lower lloorsfare ap?, byomittingi thaty .portion :of the l'oor 1 .and proXimately at the sameheight as the floors of the` corresponding portion ofthe'lloorl 4 from 7o the other series, respectively.v l *the planes of .the columns'Q and 5, respective-v K AOther objects will -be apparent from ythe ly .tos the endsfofsaidl floors 'and c'zonstruct-y Y following description, reference being made ingtherein the ramps 6. L'

`to the drawings inKwhich Similarly, each floor 4 is connected withy p304 Fig; 1 is a planview showing the arrange y tl'ienextjli'ig'fherI floor lfby` an inclined ramp -75 i i 40 loorsl extend horizontally above 'the edges ramps 7';y

.L15-.tions serving severaluseful purposes. 'These rampas. fr;

ment ofthe iioors andthe ramps. "Zlincliningupwardly from between the'neXt Fig. 2 is a verticalsection'al view. K columnV 5 to union 4'withqthe neXt `higher floor y The series of floors 1 are rigidly supported, v 1,7 crossing the 'wall section ,columns 3y i`n'- by columns 2 and 3. V'The series of floors 4Kare K termediateof the length. ofsaid ramps.. Also rigidly supported" by columns 5 and' also byjthisfconstructionis obtained by omitting that 80 the columns 3. The floors of eachV series are portion'of'the'iloor 4 andthe corresponding yspaced apart vertically equal distances but are portion of the' floor 1- from the fplaneso' K larranged in differentplanesit being of the the columns and K2, respectively,to the'ends Y f essence of the invention that the ledges'o'f the f said szloors and"V constructing therein the o of the loors4 a'distance abouty equal to the .:Theframps 6 have ledges atftheir marginsl v length of the hood of any 'standard automoandthe ramps v'have "similar ledges 9 alongK 'i bile. The columns 3 are relatively wide'and theirv` margins, said ledges serving as guards .K K" f thin and may also betermed Verticalwallsector vprevent: the vehicles rom `:leaving ',t'hef-f The extended portions of the floors 1 between the ramps 6 and 7 have guard ledges 10 along their edges and guard ledges 11 at their ends. These guard ledges 10 and 11 prevent the vehicles from running oil the extended portions of said floors.

Similarly, the extended portions of the floors 4 between the ramps 6 and 7 have guard ledges 12 along their edges and guard ledges 13 at their ends, and similarly serving to prevent vehicles from leaving these portions of the floors.

In a buildingv embodying this improved construction and arrangement I obtain a, very substantial saving of space by greatly reducing the vertical distance between the ioors 1 and the vertical distance between the ioors 4. For, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, the floors 4 will support automobiles in a relationship..

in which the front ends of the automobiles extend under the floors 1, the front wheels or bumpers of the automobiles being against the ledges 13. The upper portions of the automobiles are approximately horizontally opposite the ends of the floors 1. And, simi-` larly, automobiles parked on the ends of the floors 1 occupy the'same relationship with respect to the floors 4.` By this construction more floors can be constructed in a building of a given height than is possible ir" the vertical distance between the iioors 1 and 4 exceeds the height of the automobile. It is impossible for the tops of the automobiles to strike the ends of the iioors because the ledges 11 and 13 will'stop .the cars in proper position and prevent such bumping of theV automobiles against the floor ends;

From the foregoing description it is apparent that theL ramp construction may be erected at nearly any part of a buildinghaving two series of floors and that nearly the entire space of the area of the lloors may be utilized as parking space. More ofthecubic area ofsuch a building can be utilized than isV possible in buildings wherein the floors are higher one above the other and wherein the construction described and clearly shown is not utilized.

I claim In a building, a pair of spacedsupporting columns, a series of floors each Vhaving one end extending between and supported by said columns, a second series of floors at one-half story intervals relative to the iioors ofthe iirst series and having their ends extending y between and supported by said columns and over and under adjacent floors of the other series and spaced vertically from the floors of the other series a distance in excess of. the height of the front of an automobile and less than the height of the top of the automobile, means for stopping an automobile driven on any floor of one series and under the adjacent end of the next upper floor of the upper series in a position in which the topof are extended.

KENNETH K. ELLIS. 

